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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrOutlawed by Anna NorthA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersThe God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith
Best Books of 2021
1,432 books — 1,619 voters
The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodFlight Behavior by Barbara KingsolverThe MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
Best Fiction Books about the Environment and Sustainability
215 books — 197 voters

Snowflake Kisses by Jennie BennettThe Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
What to Read if You Love KDramas!
64 books — 19 voters
Mort by Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonFull Dark House by Christopher FowlerThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-OlsenThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Mysteries of a Foreign Nature
79 books — 21 voters

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Best Literary Mysteries
2,509 books — 4,484 voters
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsBlack Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,232 books — 10,140 voters
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,674 books — 14,010 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettUnwind by Neal ShustermanThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsI Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
2012: The Over 35s favourite books of 2012
787 books — 246 voters
The Glassblower's Children by Maria Gripe
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,681 books — 765 voters

The Way Things Are by LucretiusMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsNomad by Ayaan Hirsi AliTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The Starship Book List
2,763 books — 167 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Books Ever
74,790 books — 277,598 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters
Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Lost Symbol by Dan BrownFinger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
What To Read Next
20,104 books — 24,065 voters